A Kingdom Built on Fire and Sugar. A Sultan Caught Between Heart and Crown. The place : Al-Maghreb Al Aqsa (Morocco)
The year is 1541. After ten years of relentless siege, the salt-stained walls of the Portuguese fort at Santa Cruz have finally fallen. Mohammed Echeykh, the visionary Sultan of the Maghreb al-Aqsa, has achieved the impossible: he has unified a fragmented land through black powder, iron will, and a "start-up" empire fueled by the white gold of the Souss plain—sugar.+4
Yet, the wind of victory carries a bitter scent.
In the shadows of the palace, three remarkable women weave the threads of his destiny: Al Aliyya, the high-born Castilian prisoner turned beloved wife and brilliant advisor; Sahaba, the strategic mother of heirs who waits with the cold patience of a nomad; and Ezzahra, the silent confidante who has loved him for thirty years and knows the lethal secrets of the desert.+4
As Echeykh dares to defy Suleiman the Magnificent and the might of the Ottoman Empire, the price of absolute power becomes a crushing weight. Betrayal rots the foundation of his court, and a tragic cycle of fratricidal war and the loss of his sons turns the Sultan’s heart to stone.+4
From the bustling markets of Fes to the blood-red snow of the Middle Atlas, this is a tale where "circumstances are the same for all, but life belongs to the most tenacious". It is a story of a hunter who becomes the prey, a dynasty forged in fire, and the women who must rise from the failure of men to protect the future of an empire.+4
In the game of empires, loyalty is bought in gold, but history is written in blood.
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